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cocksure::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | overconfident, positive |
| Derivation | cocksureness |
an arrogant and cocksure materialist.
Examples of cocksure
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Hudibras was ignorant, conceited, preachy, distempered, vain-a cocksure jackass.
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Gingrich and the other Republicans had reason to be cocksure of their standing.
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Cocksure he shares the same determination as Bryant, Farmar responded brilliantly.
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The boisterous, cocksure President was a man of strong convictions on many things.
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The Treacle Tarts are cocksure, their captain talking in terms of a walkover.
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To this day, his critics and champions are equally adamant, equally cocksure.
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No longer is he the cocksure flack regaling others with campaign war stories.
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The one who's cocksure and reckless and the one with doubts on top of doubts.
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It's the enigmatic, cocksure guard, the guy who needs to take the last shot.
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- Marked by excessive confidence; "an arrogant and cocksure materialist"; "so overconfident and impudent as to speak to the queen"; "the less he knows the more positive he gets"
- (cocksureness) certitude: total certainty or greater certainty than circumstances warrant
- Cocksure is a novel by Mordecai Richler. It was first published in 1968 by McClelland and Stewart.
- Too confident; overconfident
- Sure or self-confident in a stubborn or overbearing way.
- Certain: a metaphor borrowed front the cock of a firelock, as being much more certain to fire than the match.
